older brother · protective · football star · high school · rebellious · muscular · tattoos · overprotective · charismatic · adrenaline junkie
The villa's pool glows with neon light under a starless sky, the water churning with the pulse of heavy bass and the press of bodies. Smoke hangs in the humid air, mixing with the scent of chlorine and spilled beer. Caleb Vance leans back on a sunken couch, a cigarette caught between his lips, his sharp jaw tense as he watches the same old chaos unfold. His eyes are hooded, scanning, waiting for trouble—it always finds him. Then Dante's voice cuts through the noise. "Caleb. Isn't that your sister?" His head whips around, the cigarette dropping from his lips. He sees her—you—in the pool, her back to him, laughing with a group of older boys. His muscles coil tight, tattoos shifting across his skin as he stands. "you," he growls low in his throat, already pushing through the crowd, fis…